Chronology: 1763-1767

1. Chronology:1763-1767 By: Kareena Patel Caroline Lalla Hannah Bezdek Michaela Harleston

2. 1763 • Treaty of Paris ends the War for Empire (provisions?) • Proclamation Line restricts colonists for settlement west of the Appalachian mountains  • Britain deployed a peace time army of about 10,000 men to America • George Grenville became the British prime minister • John Wilkes called for major reforms in the British political system  • British national debt doubled

3. 1764 • Currency Act passed, which banned the use of paper money and protected British merchants  • Sugar Act passed, which placed duty on French molasses  • Colonists opposed vice-admiralty courts

4. 1765 • Stamp Act imposes direct taxes on colonists, which led to the Stamp Act Congress in the colonies  • Quartering Act forces colonists to house, feed, and pay for British troops in America • Riots by the Sons of Liberty, who were Radical Whigs  • Patrick Henry addressed the Virginia House of Burgesses about the new legislation • Guys Fawkes Day on November 5, 1765, colonists rioted and attacked Fort Gage in New York ; collectors were forced to give up their stamps • First nonimportation movement begins, and Americans began to boycott British goods 

5. 1766 • Stamp Act is repealed • The Declaratory Act is passed, which stated that Britain had full power and control over the colonies 

6. 1767 • Townshend Act is passed, which placed duties on paper, tea, paint, and glass  • Restraining Act is passed, which stated that Britain could take away American colonies’ assemblies if they refused to abide by the Quartering Act  • The Revenue Act is revised, which tightened up the custom service